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Funny coincidence really..
I just posted on social media a personal claim that one of the reasons we sometimes feel alienated in social media is the fact that before (this is true for my own generation perhaps, not new generations I guess) we were allways used to the interaction of our listeners and the way they interpreted our statements, at least on a personal level. What was said would and could be interpreted according to the listeners views and beliefs. Today in social media, we tend to rely on the logic of mass communication. That is communication that leaves noone behind.
Anyway this is just my thoughts on the subject. Merry christmas and a happy newyear to you all.
Lars

Just as an aside, I've often thought that maybe there should be a time-based limit on new posts. In other words, if a thread is 5 years old since it's last post, maybe lock it down. Suggest to people that if they find an old thread and want to post something, create a new one and reference it. Too often someone will innocently resurrect some odd, silly thread from 8 years prior, not realizing it was that old. If they *really* want to bring it back, okay, put a link in a new one.

But all that said, I don't see this as any sort of major issue one way or another. And I enjoy the subsequent zombie jokes anyway...

A tip for anyone writing for the Internet (websites, seminar announcements, plain old posts, etc.): Please include the year in mentions of dates. Things like "BigHugeFamous Sensei will be here in March!" or "Join us this summer for a trip to..." can be a problem when someone runs across the post, page, or flyer years down the road.

Just as an aside, I've often thought that maybe there should be a time-based limit on new posts. In other words, if a thread is 5 years old since it's last post, maybe lock it down. Suggest to people that if they find an old thread and want to post something, create a new one and reference it. Too often someone will innocently resurrect some odd, silly thread from 8 years prior, not realizing it was that old. If they *really* want to bring it back, okay, put a link in a new one.

But all that said, I don't see this as any sort of major issue one way or another. And I enjoy the subsequent zombie jokes anyway...

Who gets to say something is too old or has been resolved? Nope. If you don't want to stand by something publicly, use the anonymous option when posting.

Oh, hey, I honestly think it's great the way it is. I do, however, must admit that I sometimes sigh when I see certain threads lurch back to life... Hmmm, maybe an "ignore thread" button... Seriously, it's fine the way it is. Pros and cons to everything. And frankly I think Jun does a great job considering the situations that arise are sometimes lose/lose. So right or wrong he has to make a choice and some group will get their undies in a knot.

So on that note... How many here donate a few coins yearly to Jun for giving us this sandbox to toss stuff at each other?

The forum only goes back about ten or twelve years, because the site had a major, irretrievable hardware failure in the early 2000s, in which all previous discussions and all user accounts were lost. What I mean to say is: none of the discussions here are particularly outdated.

The forum only goes back about ten or twelve years, because the site had a major, irretrievable hardware failure in the early 2000s, in which all previous discussions and all user accounts were lost.

Uhhh... No.

The AikiWeb Forums started up on June 5, 2000. There are still posts dating back to that day available here. (AikiWeb itself has been up and running since August, 1997; we just didn't have a forums section until 2000.)